hatchet job
Dictionary
noun
- A journalistic or other treatment which portrays its subject in a very unfavorable manner; a work of criticism which aims to destroy a reputation.
"That article about the mayor is nothing more than a hatchet job."
- An action or a program which imposes deep reductions in expenditure.
"This so-called reform of our wage agreement was really just one big hatchet job!"
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